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Working on a design project with government (Indonesia), does it really suck?
I have been working with local government for many years already. From very small government area to across provinces. From individual polit...
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Tech Tutorial
Frustrating Input Delays of Your Pen Tablets in Windows? Here's the Fix!
After a while I use MacOS with my ancient Huion H640P , it works so flawlessly in terms of input. There some time of hiccup where the driv...
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Review
My Adobe InDesign work is saved by Google Drive
Today, in the late afternoon, when I am about to finish the work, my Windows 11 computer crashed after trying to install something. Actually...
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Review
Replacing Adobe Apps with Affinity for Professional Work? Think Again!
Photo by Herry Sucahya Affinity is a fantastic design app, especially because of it is a free. Like, really no cost of subscription , at le...
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Rants
Why some Graphic Designers Hate Adobe?
I mean, it's their tool of trade for life, and they hate it. Quite some ironic situation. Me included? Maybe, but currently not in the...
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Review
Software Subscription is inevitable. What software I am subscribing to today? (2025)
Inevitable. Subscription model is almost anywhere. All software or services that I find useful ended up being subscription model. Although a...
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Review
Macbook Pro M1 Pro for graphic design in 2025?
I have been using Windows devices for more than 15 years, since the days of XP. Windows is always a preferred system whenever I need new com...
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Rants
Why You Should Never Send Your Original Design Asset to Anyone, Even your printer partners.
There are times in the past, when the printer ask me or via client, to send the original PSD or Illustrator file for them to work for prints...
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Reviews
Affinity Photo is good, but...
I have been using Photoshop for more than 15 years now. It has been a solid tool for my living. But at some points, the performance can be s...
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Review
Asus Vivobook Pro Oled 15 M3500Q (Ryzen 9, RTX 3050, 16GB RAM) Review. Is it a good laptop for graphic designer?
Is Asus Vivobook Pro 15 worth the money for graphic design jobs? Is it better than buying a much more expensive Macbook Pro? Can it run Phot...
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Reviews
Adobe InDesign: Breaking Text Thread, A Lifesaver.
I am working on a book with quite a lengthy page and with frequent italics word or phrases. The book text source is a Microsoft Word .DOCX f...
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Reviews
Midjourney Alpha for stock image finder
I have been using Midjourney for quite some times now and have been generating more than thousand of images. Therefore I was eligible for Mi...
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Design Thoughts
I don't really enjoyed multi monitor as turned out
Photo by Fotis Fotopoulos on Unsplash As a graphic designer, it's pretty common to open multiple apps and windows. Windows Explorer, Ad...
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